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 #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:47 am Sentence structure (Adverb, modifying the verb) |
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Flourishing areas of the cultures -- Subject
were selected -- Verb
with a microscope,-- Adverb, modifying the verb
sections of agar with suitable hyphae drilled out and placed on slides -- Nonfinite clause used as a sentence adverbial.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 09, 2006 16:06 pm Thank you Micawber |
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Thank for your answer Micawber
I wonder why there is no conj between the two clause and whether "were" has been omitted from the latter clause ?Could you please to talk more about "sentence adverbial"?
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 09, 2006 23:59 pm Sentence structure (adverb; modifying the verb) |
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Conjunctions are not necessary with nonfinite clauses. Here are some other examples:
Standing on my head, I thought the Eiffel Tower looked like an iron ice cream cone.
Surrounded by enemies, he could do nothing but lay down his arms.
It is not necessary to constantly interrupt me.
All of these nonfinite clauses are in fact sentence adverbials-- adverbs which cannot easily be related to any one part of the sentence, but modify the whole main clause.
If there is anything missing from your sentence, it is being:
Flourishing areas of the cultures were selected with a microscope, sections of agar with suitable hyphae [being] drilled out and placed on slides.
Whether being is actually missing or not, I leave to the etymologists among us.
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jul 10, 2006 18:14 pm Sentence structure (adverb; modifying the verb) |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
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Conjunctions are not necessary with nonfinite clauses. Here are some other examples:
Standing on my head, I thought the Eiffel Tower looked like an iron ice cream cone.
Surrounded by enemies, he could do nothing but lay down his arms.
It is not necessary to constantly interrupt me.
All of these nonfinite clauses are in fact sentence adverbials-- adverbs which cannot easily be related to any one part of the sentence, but modify the whole main clause. |
Dear Micawber
Thanks for your reply
On the basis of clues you had given to me, I further examined the usage of Nonfinite Clauses as adverbials. Here some information as follow:
Nonfinite clauses have the internal structure of sentences without having a full complete verb phrase. They are often used to give meanings in "reason" or "purpose" subcategories of the larger "process" category. Again, these clauses are called "nonfinite" because the verb phrases do not have tense.
If there is anything missing from your sentence, it is being:
Flourishing areas of the cultures were selected with a microscope, sections of agar with suitable hyphae [being] drilled out and placed on slides.
Whether being is actually missing or not, I leave to the etymologists among us.
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